Sony CRX10U User Manual

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Discs consisting of MP3 files (or MP3 discs) can be played by the
CRX10U in the same way as standard music CDs.

MP3 is a compression standard used by computers to handle music
data. Music compressed with the MP3 format is stored in MP3 files.
One major advantage of MP3 is its high rate of compression. Files in
MP3 format are about one tenth of the size of the equivalent WAV
format sound files commonly used with Windows. For example, the
650 MB content of a standard music CD compresses to about 65 MB
as an MP3 file, while maintaining sound quality equivalent to the
music CD, allowing great savings of disc space.

Operations for playing MP3 discs on the CRX10U are the same as for
standard music CDs. See pages 21 to 25 for details as needed.
However, the items displayed on the remote control are different from
those displayed with standard music CDs. When playing MP3 discs,
the remote control display changes as follows each time you press the
DISPLAY button.

• When MP3 files being played include ID3 tags (title, artist name, and

album title information)

Song No.

Song play progress time

1)

Song No.

Song title and artist name

Songs Remaining

Album title and artist name

1) The song title is displayed immediately after the song starts playing.

• When MP3 files being played do not include ID3 tags (title, artist

name, and album title information)

Song No.

Song play progress time

2)

Song No.

File name (excluding .MP3 extension)
/ No artist name

Songs Remaining

No album name / No artist name

2) The file name (excluding .MP3 extension) is displayed immediately after the song

starts playing.